How long are you willing to wait for Face-up comission?

For me... It would be how long it took to get the doll. If it takes any longer than that I would definitely be mad (unless it was secondhand or in stock, then I would say a few months.)

 

@Evazeth My artist is definitely different to yours, they have been slowly working on commissions. But yeah, the inaccuracy of wait times and continual deadline push-backs have been infuriating and concerning.
I'm hopeful that they will get my doll done this week so fingers crossed.

And I hope that your artist gets working on those commissions soon too!

 

From what i know the average is 1-2 months but for really popular artists it can be up to 3-5 months Wish you luck on the face up and hopefully it doesn't take too long

 

I usually never waited for more than a month. But currently I am sending out my grail baby to someone and it's been taking over a month T_T I am really worried as it's my favorite head even though she isn't limited.

I have used this face up artist before and communication was kind of lacking before as well, but I am very happy with her quality of work so I was willing to take the downside with it. Her page said 2-3 weeks but I have yet to hear anything at all from her since September 5th. Last time I sent heads to her, I heard back in about 3 weeks.

Her social media pages haven't been updated for several weeks now, so I am just assuming that she is either busy or has some private things she needed to take care of before her work. Right now I'm just waiting for the best for my doll and her

I pray that I never get into a sticky situation with faceup artists, so I only use popular, well known artist so far (so that may also be the cause for the backlog). If you don't feel good about your artist, you can always ask her what's up. I feel like it's normal to express unhappiness if you were promised that it'll take a certain time and you didn't get your doll back or receive any update after the date. You paid this person after all, you are entitled to some information about your doll situation. Politely, of course.

 

Wow I feel bad for you people telling you to feel grateful this artist has a slot open is cruel, irregardless of who this faceup artist is they should have been upfront about the time frame they required and not blame their work for their lack of commitment to your faceup.

 

I think about a month or two is okay. More than that.. well.. if the artist is very busy and popular it's understanding, but in any case you have to be informed from the beginning for the estimated completion time..

 

buff I usually send my doll's head for an anrtist who can finish it in a month, 2 moth is a lot for me.

 

For a slot with an artist, I'm willing to wait years. For the completion of a commission, once I've sent the head, about a year.
I'm rarely in a rush for anything related to my dolls. I'm more concerned with whether I feel like I can trust an artist, if I love their work and if the artist is truly interested in taking my commission.

 

Honestly I'm not willing to wait around with my doll in someone else's possession for any amount of time which is why I do all of my faceups/custom work myself (even if it actually ends up taking longer than it would with an artist because I have to redo it 73 times to get it right ). If I ever really did fall in love with someone's art style to the point where I'd be willing to ship my doll's head off to them, I would need to see a decent amount of good feedback on their turnaround time and communication before I'd take that risk. I've never sold services or commissions of any kind, but I've bought and sold plenty of items over the internet and I cannot imagine ignoring someone's question about the transaction for longer than 24 hours! It actually gives me horrible anxiety whenever I'm not able to respond immediately for whatever reason. It's horribly unprofessional to ignore someone/not check messages for over 2 days much less the 2 WEEKS some of you are describing.

As far as the actual time goes, I'd be willing to wait about 2 months for a faceup commission. I do my own faceups so I'm more than familiar with how long it can take just waiting for the WEATHER to cooperate with you so you can spray sealant especially when you need the nice days to line up with your own personal work schedule as well (I've been waiting about a month for a cool and dry day that I don't have work to be able to do one of my dolls lol) so I totally understand that. Anything more than 2 months is too long for me to wait. Personally, I don't think people should offer faceup services unless they know they can get it done in less than 3 months. Holding onto someone else's expensive item for that long because you don't have the time to get it painted is ridiculous.

 

I would only wait 3 months for a face-up.

 

I wonder who "they" are. (her fans I presume?)
Ps. Is it normal to wait for a year for a famous artist to finished a doll head? They said that even I send my head to a famous artist outside the country, I also have to wait for almost a year..

It doesn't matter how great the artist is they should not have a wait list so long that you wait a year. They should open for commissions and then close once they have the amount of heads they can do in whatever the period is. Don't worry about hurt feeling on her part. A year is NOT normal at all even for very good very well known artists. Normally well known artists also know their limits of speed and time and only accept a few heads then close and reopen when they are done with the last batch and feel like doing more.

The one question you have to ask yourself is would you have still sent your head if she had listed time as up to a year wait? also there is not any guarantee you will be in love with the makeup she does.

Personally I would also only wait three months for a faceup (which is a lot of time fyi). Right now I have three heads with one artist in another country and have been given 2 months as the wait time. I will give her to the end of February, I sent the heads by mid Dec. Then I will be expecting an update!

** Before I sent the heads to her I did also contact two other people and asked them what their experience as with the artist and it seemed like in both cases she took a month longer than expected which I am ok with - So in my head I have allowed three months before I mailed off my heads.

 

The faceup artist I most often sent my dolls to usually takes around two months to finish. Lately it has taken her longer, but I'm willing to wait since I really love her aesthetics. If I have learned anything from this hobby it's patience.

 

Patience I agree but not a year unless listed before hand. I can't imagine any artist would list a year though !

 

I've personally heard of up to 6 months. If it's an artist I really love, I'd wait up to about 4 months. Otherwise, probably a month.

 

If an artist says a 1-2 month process, you should only have to wait a month extra at most. Unless something serious comes up and their situation changes completely. Or if the process is taking longer than it should you should have regular contact with the artist so they can keep you up to date. As mentioned by a few others in the thread, you should never wait longer than the six month Paypal protection.

 

Well I sat on a waiting list for quite some time, and just sent my girls away. I don't mind being on a waitlist, it's the turn around time I'm picky about. I think I waited 6.5 months before shipping, I joined when I ordered my doll. But! The turn around by my artist is 1-2 weeks. Add shipping internationally, my dolls will likely only be gone about 6 weeks max.

Long Story short I'll wait a real long time on a waitlist, maybe even more than a year, but I really don't like my dolls to be away from me more than 2 months.

 

i've only sent 2 heads (at the same time) to be painted. the person i sent them to had them both finished within 2-3 weeks and did a great job on both. having to wait for several months would leave me anxious and majorly po'd. i get that everyone here is human and life crap happens, but if it's going to cause a delay with something i paid a person to do i would certainly expect a heads up and a choice of continuing or aborting the job. the more honest you are the less angry and hateful i'll be.